Ohio Highway Patrol announces OVI checkpoint tonight in Lorain County

LORAIN COUNTY -- The Highway Patrol announced today that an OVI checkpoint will take place in somewhere in Lorain County tonight.

The location of the checkpoint will be announced today.

The OVI checkpoint, supported by grant funds, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers. "Based on provisional data, there were 369 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 399 people were killed last year in Ohio," said Lt. Travis Hughes and commander of the Elyria post. "State troopers make an average of 25,000 arrests each year in an attempt to combat these dangerous drivers. OVI checkpoints are designed to not only deter impaired driving but to proactively remove these dangerous drivers from our roadways."